Post #685134 by Hale Tiki on Mon, Jul 8, 2013 5:24 PM

Please defer to the conversation on another thread for more details, but:

You learn nothing from only receiving vague, positive praise. Also, a lot of people who have put a lot of time in Tiki, and the Tiki Revival, disapprove of diluting of the waters, so to speak. If anyone would like specific examples, then I'd be happy to find them. But good art is good art. Bad art, bastardization of tiki, and things are that non-sequitor are what they are: not good for Tiki.

On 2013-03-13 08:14, bigbrotiki wrote:
Look, I have said this again and again regarding my opinions about good or bad Tiki here: Everybody can take it or leave it. The intent is not to send anybody packing, but to make people aware that there is a context and quality to Tiki art that makes it unique, and not a free for all.

Where else can that be pointed out if not on this site? And what more do people have to offer than sarcasm or complaining about the "Tiki police" when that happens: Where are the intelligent and informed arguments that would make one re-consider one's philosophy? As long as I don't hear any better ideas about why the term "Tiki" should be all-inclusive of all and anything done out there, I will remind folks of what drew me to Tiki and inspired two books on the subject that drew thousands to it in return.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2013-03-13 10:16 ]

I'm posting that quote on every post where someone complains about people being negative about bad Tiki from here on out. How's that for you? Are any of you going to insult Sven? Tell him that he doesn't know what he's talking about? That he should be nicer and kinder? No? .....I'll wait for your reply.

Warhol just reprinted shit. Was it good? No. Was it brilliant? Yes. That's what made it good. Putting glitter on the work of others/symbols of the dilution of an already dying culture isn't good no matter how you slice it. Sorry. Get over it.

Yes, I realize the irony of preserving a bastardization of other cultures, but that's why there are those who want to preserve the original cultures, even on here.

Would you eat shit if someone served it to you if they believed they cooked a good meal? No. You wouldn't eat shit. Stop eating shit.

[Editor's note: Joolbait, I'm not comparing your glitter Tikis to shit. Just a metaphor. They're well crafted, just misguided. Sorry you got scared off. Okole Maluna!]

[ Edited by: Hale Tiki 2013-07-08 17:26 ]